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Reading Aloud training in Mataram, Thursday, (8/8/2024), (Photo : Perpusnas) - 

VOInews, Jakarta : Good reading skills are very important for children to develop their potential. Parents, teachers and librarians need to be supported by Reading Aloud training in reading stories to children, with the hope of improving their reading skills.

"Reading aloud is an effective method for stimulating children's reading abilities," added Lombok Reading Aloud Trainer, Kiki Pratiwi, at the Reading Aloud training in Mataram, Thursday, (8/8/2024).

Kiki added that reading does not happen as naturally to children as mastering spoken language. Therefore, adults, including parents and teachers, must realize that many reading steps are taken for granted by them because they are already adept at reading automatically.

According to a relase received by Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta on Thursday August 8th 2024, Founder of the Reading Bugs Community, Rosie Setiawan, explains the steps before and during reading aloud in a training session for librarians and literacy activists.

Before reading, librarians must make an agreement together, ensure the position of the book is not disturbing, read the identity, explore background knowledge, and invite children to guess the story.

While reading, librarians must maintain eye contact, build conversation between reading, develop responses, and use simple gestures.

National Library Librarian, Siti Fatimatuz Zahra, the importance of the role of parents in developing children's reading skills.

Parents are advised to read to children from birth, use reading time as an opportunity to cuddle and connect, and establish a reading routine before naps and at night.

"Parents can also keep at least one small basket filled with books that children can hold, nibble on, or play with," she says.

Introducing the activity of reading aloud to parents, teachers, and librarians is a significant step forward. The National Library hopes that reading aloud activities can become routine in homes, schools and libraries to foster interest in reading in children throughout Indonesia//VOI